Road-cart



(No Model.)

0. L. BARRETT. ROAD CART.

No. 427,454. Patented May 6, 1890.

W! WESSES [Wu w z? UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES L. BARRETT, OF ALLEGAN, MICHIGAN.

ROAD-CART.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 427,454, dated May 6,1890.

Application filed July 22, 1389. Serial No. 318,229. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES L. BARRETT, a citizen of the United States,residing at Allegan, in the county of Allegan and State of Michigan,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Road-Carts, ofwhich the following is a specification, reference be ing had therein tothe accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 represents a perspectiveview of a portion of a road-cart provided with my improvements; Fig.2, aside elevation of the same.

In the accompanying drawings, the letter A designates the boot-irons orsupport for the seat B, which may be of the usual construction. To thebottom of the seat, preferably near each end, are secured the dependingrigid legs 0, provided with inwardly-turned lugs or ears a at theirlower ends. Connecting the cars a to the irons B are the elastic orflexible hangers D, the ends of which are suitably riveted and bolted.The upper ends of the hangers may be adjustably bolted to the irons, ifdesired, so that the swinging tendency of the seat maybe regulated atwill. The hangers may be made of fiat steel bars, as shown, or they maybe made of wood, iron, or any other flexible or elastic substance. Bythus hanging the seat over the boot-irons by means of elastic orflexible hangers the seat will swing easily and resiliently and preventany of the unpleasant jerks due to the movements of the horse from beingcommunicated to the occupant.

My improvements may be applied to most of the ordinary road-carts now inuse without any material change in construction.

Stay-straps 0 may be employed to prevent too much swinging of the seat.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim is- In aroad-cart, the combination of a support, hangers D, rigidly secured attheir upper ends to this support and constructed of stiff but elasticmaterial capable of a vibratory motion only, a seat swung over the saidsupport and provided with depending legs 0, these legs being rigidlysecured at their lower ends to the lower ends of the vibratory hangersD, whereby the said seat will have imparted to it by the motion of thevehicle a springy or resilient forward and backward movement,substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES L. BARRETT.

\Vitnesses:

J. L. CEIsPE, A. F. KENNEDY.

